The state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Salisu Abubakar, said this at a media briefing held at the Government House on Friday.

Abubakar is also the chairman of a high-profile committee set up by the Governor Mohammed Abubakar to investigate major contracts awarded by the past administration in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, especially the State Universal Basic Education Board, the Ministry of Local Government Affairs and the Bauchi State Specialist Hospital between May 2007 and May 2015.

The commissioner noted that the report, which was submitted to the governor on Friday, was a product of a deliberate effort that lasted 11 months to provide an opportunity for all office holders, contractors and other persons of the former administration to defend their actions before the committee in relation to the use of the state funds in the period under review.

Abubakar said, “Some of them refused to honour the committee’s invitation, some came but could not give convincing statements.

“Anybody who goes through this report, believe me, will not be able to sleep because of the level of the irregularities we discovered.

“Most of the major contracts awarded by the past administration in all the MDAs investigated were either not competed, while payments have been made.

“Others were overinflated, poorly executed or due process was not followed in the award, while in others, contractors were overpaid without any acceptable reason or explanation.”

He added, “It is so pathetic, how monies of the Bauchi State Government were carted away and banks were used to perpetrate all these.

“My office, the Ministry of Justice, is making plans already to get a fiat from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation to prosecute these cases and even insurgency cases.

“But I assure you that the EFCC and the ICPC will be enormously involved in these cases.”

According to Abubakar, N212.22bn had to be accounted for by the former government officials, including recoverable funds from contractors, consultants, government officials and banks.

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committee to supervise and coordinate the state’s activities on social media. The announcement was contained in a statement posted on the state’s Facebook page.

Mr. Abubakar’s office said the 12 individuals were pooled from the three senatorial districts in the state and had been tasked with the “responsibility of showcasing and propagating the good work of the Governor of the State on social networks”

The main social media group of the Bauchi State Government shouldered with the responsibility of showcasing and propagating the good work of the Governor of the State on social networks gets new interim management committee executives.
The executives were drawn from the 3 senatorial zones of the state, with each zone getting 4 representatives in the committee.

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The Deputy Director, Needs Assessment of the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Musa Ladan, on Tuesday 30th of August, disclosed that no fewer than 12 persons were killed by flood in Ganjuwa and Giade local government areas of Bauchi State.

Briefing newsmen in Bauchi, Ladan revealed that about four persons lost their lives in Galamakira and Galam Baba communities in Miya District area of Ganjuwa local government, while eight others were killed as a result of flood in Gulbuk community in Giade local government area of the state.

According to Ladan, “The flood killed four children who went out in the rain to wash their bodies.

Unfortunately for them on their way home, they stepped on a culvert which caved in and the flood took them away.”

He however, stated that the people in the community were able to recover the body of one of the children, while two more bodies were recovered the following day.

Ladan also identified a 65-year-old man, Alhaji Danladi, who lost his life after his house collapsed on him due to the magnitude of the wind, as one of the flood victims.

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Fosla Academy Secondary School, Abuja, Government (Senior) Secondary School Darazo, Bauchi State, Excel Education Centre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Asegun Comprehensive High School, Ibadan, Oyo State, are now set for the semifinals of the 2016 ‘All Nigeria Secondary Schools Football Championship’, also known as NNPC/Shell Cup, which will be holding this weekend in Lagos.

Draws for the semi-finals will be taking place between 2.00pm and 4.00pm respectively this weekend says organizers of the competition.

Igo Weli, Shell’s External Relations Manager said the sponsors had enjoyed contributing to the society through the development of youths. He said plans were in place to make the final stage of the competition memorable for all, both participants and lovers of football.

Weli said “We are always proud of this competition because the results are there for us. Nigeria has benefited so much because many of our products are now super stars”.

The final is slated to hold June 16.

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DSP Haruna Mohammed, Public Relation Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi.

He said the suspects were arrested by detectives of the command on March 25.

Mohammed one of the suspects from Plateau, was arrested for selling a 17-month-old baby to a woman from Imo State at the cost of N200,000.

He also said the woman also sold a 14-month-old-baby to another woman, who hailed from Benue, at the cost of N80,000.

He said that the two babies have been recovered.

Mohammed said that the mother of one of the babies, Fauziya Adamu has been identified by the police while efforts were being made to trace the mother of the other child.

The spokesman said that the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution.

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The Prison Inmate Development Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, handling the matter, told one of our correspondents that the girls were handed over to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 12, Bauchi, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, on Tuesday, by the Shari’ah Commission in the state.

A Source had reported on March 6, 2016, that Blessing Gopep, 13, was abducted by two men identified as Iliya and Umaru, both living in Alkaleri, Bauchi State.

Blessing and her friend, Mary, were on their way back to Jos after spending their holidays with Blessing’s uncle in Bauchi in August, 2015.

Her father had said Blessing and Mary had gone to the Alkaleri motor park, and while they waited on the bus for other passengers, two men, identified as Iliya and Umaru, arrived at the park on a motorcycle and abducted Blessing.

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The scam, which involves drawing the salaries of non-existent civil servants, is widespread, a Source confirmed.

But the government has recently been cracking down, removing thousands of “ghost workers” from its payroll.

Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy.

It is the continent’s top oil producer, but its economy is currently under huge strain due to the recent collapse in oil prices.

The state has been able to save millions of dollars as a result of an ongoing verification of its workforce, the auditor general for Bauchi said.

Abubakar Gabi said that thousands of workers and pensioners did not appear for an exercise aimed at rooting out ghost workers and claimants.

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Adama is pleading with kind-spirited Nigerians, government and non-governmental organizations to come to her aid.

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